1989: First AGM Held: Gloria Oyarzun's Story Published in The Canberra Times
15th July Saturday – FIRST AGM HELD: Gloria Oyarzun Story published in Canberra Times. The story ‘Nightmare Memories of Chilean Torture’ written by Amanda Lynch, tells of Gloria Oyarzun’s harrowing ordeal, having suffered torture and rape by the Chilean Secret Police during coup to overthrow the Allende Government in 1973, on January 16th 1974 she was taken at age 21. In the middle of the story Lynch mentions the first Annual General Meeting for TRANSACT to be held at 7:30pm that same evening as the story was published.
<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122282887">1989 'Nightmare memories of Chilean torture', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 15 July, p. 4. , viewed 23 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122282887</a>
15/07/1989
1989: TRANSACT advertise in The Canberra Times for their first AGM
4th July Tuesday – TRANSACT advertisement in The Canberra Times for their first AGM. A short piece featured in the ‘Fridge Door’ section of ‘A daily guide to life in the national capital’. The article gives a short description of the organisation’s purpose and invites members of the local community to get involved.
<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122280552">1989 'Fridge Door', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 4 July, p. 16. , viewed 23 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122280552</a>
04/07/1989
1989: TRANSACT is Born
February – TRANSACT’s first formal meetings were held to form the organisation.
02/1989